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Today in the MHSAA: 5/31/17
May 31, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
This spring’s first night of baseball, softball and girls soccer Districts enjoyed more drama than usual, with a number of upsets changing how brackets were expected to look this weekend – especially in the Bay City and Oakland County areas.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Baseball
Bay City Central scored two runs in the seventh inning to upset Bay City Western 3-2 in Division 1 – Bay City Times
Also in Division 1, Ann Arbor Skyline upset No. 10 Brighton 1-0 in nine innings – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
No. 14 Holt downed Battle Creek Lakeview 7-1 in a matchup of teams currently or formerly ranked in Division 1 – Battle Creek Enquirer
Battle Creek Harper Creek got past Marshall 2-1 in nine innings in Division 2 – Battle Creek Enquirer
Bloomfield Hills earned a stunning 5-2 win over No. 3 Birmingham Groves in Division 1 – Oakland Press
In Flint Southwestern’s final regular-season doubleheader ever, Chris Jones broke the school’s single-season stolen base record with his 50th in 54 tries – Flint Journal
Boys Lacrosse
Canton followed a seven-goal comeback against Saline with a five-goal comeback to beat Plymouth 8-7 in overtime in a Division 1 Regional – Observer & Eccentric
Girls Soccer
No. 9 Middleville Thornapple Kellogg opened with perhaps the most stunning win on the first night of the soccer tournament, taking down No. 5 Richland Gull Lake 4-1 in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press
After the teams split during the regular season, No. 17 Portage Central won the Division 1 District game 1-0 over Mattawan – Kalamazoo Gazette
Saginaw Heritage downed Bay City Western 2-1 in overtime in Division 1 after falling to the Warriors 5-1 earlier this spring – Saginaw News
After seeing a two-goal lead dissolve late, Muskegon Western Michigan Christian downed No. 9 North Muskegon 3-2 with a shootout in Division 4 – Muskegon Chronicle
After falling to Marine City in the District the last two seasons, Richmond downed the No. 18 Mariners 1-0 in overtime in Division 3 – Clinton Township Voice
Division 2 No. 16 Stevensville Lakeshore came back from two goals down to beat Vicksburg 3-2 – St. Joseph Herald Palladium
Softball
Barely a week after being swept by Bay City Western, Bay City Central upset the Warriors 7-4 in Division 1 – Bay City Times
Holland scored in the seventh inning to down Grand Haven 5-4, also in Division 1 – Grand Haven Tribune
No. 3 Escanaba jumped to a 7-0 lead on honorable mention Petoskey in Division 2 and finished with an 8-2 victory – Petoskey News-Review
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Today in the MHSAA: 1/24/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 24, 2024
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Laingsburg remained undefeated and first alone in the Central Michigan Athletic Conference with a 59-55 win over Pewamo-Westphalia – Lansing State Journal
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Norway downed West Iron County 63-60, but Danica Shamion went over 1,000 career points for the Wykons – Upper Michigan Source
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Whitehall won a matchup of undefeated teams 58-56 over Cadillac – CatchMark SportsNet
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s finished a Catholic League Central sweep of Warren De La Salle Collegiate, 68-55 – Oakland Press
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Fremont ended a 23-game losing streak to Ludington with a 41-35 win – Muskegon Chronicle
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Petersburg Summerfield scored six points over nine seconds to get past Britton Deerfield 59-53 – Monroe News
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Luke Gelow’s 36 points helped Cheboygan past Gaylord 71-63 in overtime – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Hudsonville Unity Christian hung on for a 70-66 win over Holland Christian – Holland Sentinel
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Stevensville Lakeshore followed a pair of key individual performances to a 71-53 win over Kalamazoo Central – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Spring Lake came back for a 55-47 overtime win over Hamilton – Muskegon Chronicle